June 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

AxiTrader hires GBST executive Patrick Salis as CFO, Simon Hodgkiss becomes CRO

Australia based Retail FX brokerage group AxiCorp, which operates the AxiTrader brand, has announced a management shakeup which has seen the company hire Patrick Salis as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, replacing longtime CFO Simon Hodgkiss. Mr. Hodgkiss will remain at AxiTrader, taking on the newly created regulatory-focused role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Patrick…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans individual from providing financial services

ASIC has just informed the public that it has permanently banned Desiree Veronica Macpherson from providing financial services. ASIC found that in relation to Ms Macpherson’s involvement with the development and promotion of the Newman Estate Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia that Ms Macpherson had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, that…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto exchange Blockbid to employ LexisNexis-ThreatMetrix KYC and fraud prevention solution

Secure cryptocurrency trading platform Blockbid has just announced that it adds increased fraud prevention security and bank-grade know your customer (KYC) solutions, in a move to be one of the first exchanges that exceeds user expectations and voluntarily meets stringent global anti-money laundering requirements. Blockbid announced today its selection of solutions provided by the newly…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CoinDesk launches CoinDesk Productions, hires two Bloomberg veterans

CoinDesk Inc., the digital media and information services company for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry and producer of Consensus, the largest and most prominent blockchain technology conference in the world, has announced the launch of its digital media production arm, CoinDesk Productions. CoinDesk Productions will be producing documentary series and features rooted in crypto and…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Citi and JPMorgan execs elected to CLS board

CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has just announced that four new directors were elected to its Board of Directors at the CLS Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 8 May 2018. The new additions to the Board include: Vincent Bonamy: Mr. Bonamy is currently Managing Director, Head of Global Intermediary…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Amana Capital teams up with 514 Capital Partners to launch the Delta Trader program

Global online brokerage firm Amana Capital has just announced that, in partnership with asset manager 514 Capital Partners, it has launched the “Delta Trader” program. The program encourages traders around the world to showcase their trading skills and provides the opportunity of trading a multi-asset CFD account of 514 Capital Partners. The first evaluation cycle will kick off…

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June 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

French PE firm Capzanine buys control of trading platform provider Horizon Software

Paris based private equity firm Capzanine has announced that it has invested in Horizon Software, becoming a majority shareholder alongside Horizon’s CEO, Sylvain Thieullent, and its management team, to support organic and global growth. From its inception in 1998, Horizon has worked with investment banks in the design of its first electronic trading platform. Today,…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group market volumes increase in May

NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, has just announced its trading statement for the month of May 2018 and the results are finally good. Spot FX results were 21% up MoM. US Treasury’s numbers also rose with 15% MoM. The complete results can be seen in the…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group's volumes continue to go higher in May 2018

Back in the beginning of April, derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has reached an all-time high quarterly average daily volume (ADV) of 22.2 million contracts during first-quarter 2018, up 30% from first-quarter 2017. The numbers continue to increase, as today the company has announced it reached average daily volume (ADV) of 20.1 million contracts…

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